On Sunday morning, students can get “down and dirty” with Hillel and give back to the Gainesville community by planting trees around the city in celebration of Tu B’Shvat, the Jewish New Year for trees.
“We are expecting about 70 students, are going to 4 locations and plan to plant 30 plus trees,” Hillel’s Jewish Learning Initiative Educator Allison Schiller told CampusJ.
Students will be meeting Sunday morning at 10:30 a.m. at Hillel to plant trees and will gather back at Hillel for a “free late lunch seder” that will last from 2 to 3 p.m.
The seder will feature “fruit of the seven species that are native to the Land of Israel, including pomegranates, dates and wine,” explained Schiller, who will lead the seder, as she did last year.
The planting was also done last year on the holiday. Schiller said 40 students participated in 2006, and planted 15 trees in two locations.
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